In the early morning of the 2nd, Beijing time, in the women's 200-meter butterfly final of the Paris Olympic Games, Chinese player Zhang Yufei won the bronze medal with a time of 2:05.09. So far, she has won three medals in this competition. It was also her seventh Olympic medal.
↑ China's Zhang Yufei in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu
In an interview after the game, Zhang Yufei cried. She said: "I just had a fever yesterday, and after I got better today, I met the first day of my menstrual period, and my whole right side was numb. I didn't expect to be able to swim so fast, because I had been numb before entering the water, and the preparation activities were not like usual, and I probably only swam 1000 meters before I got into the water. I played at 8:30 and I didn't prepare until 7:50. To put it bluntly, it may really be that you have to die in the pool. ”
Zhang Yufei sighed that the Paris Olympics can be called the most experienced, the most rewarding, and the most bumpy competition in her career, and she has never had such mixed tastes. "Normally you only have one situation, but this one is a game where everything happens at the same time in one or two days. I was probably a little bit back off at the time, but thanks to the coach pushing me from behind. ”
Zhang Yufei admitted frankly that his career has been very smooth over the years, and he couldn't accept a certain unsatisfactory aspect of the game at first, but after the coach's enlightenment and teaching, he has gradually been able to accept imperfections and setbacks. "I'll admit that I was very smooth at the Tokyo Olympics and I didn't even feel tired for the whole eight days. I still want to be like in Tokyo, but I've done a lot and the result is not so perfect, so I can only use my imperfect form to get a perfect result. ”
To date, Zhang Yufei has won seven Olympic medals. Since her debut, whenever she participates in the World Series, she has basically been able to get on the podium every time. Zhang Yufei said that this has proved that Chinese swimmers are not short-lived. Before she finishes her career, she hopes to win another Olympic gold medal, "If there is another gold medal, it will be really complete." ”
Rounding out the podium, her trademark smile reappeared. Netizen: I hope that troubles and injuries are far away from girls who love to laugh!
↑ Chinese player Zhang Yufei at the medal ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu
In the previous women's 100m butterfly final, Zhang Yufei also won the bronze medal. In this regard, Zhang Yufei said after the game, "I didn't think that I would end up in the first place, maybe I pushed myself too hard, and now I am relaxed after swimming." I do feel a lot of pressure, but I also believe in my own strength and look forward to competing with the strong next time. ”
In addition, in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay final, Australia won the championship with an Olympic record of 7:38.08. The defending champion Chinese team is Yang Junxuan, Li Bingjie, Ge Chutong and Liu Yaxin. The first two sticks of the Chinese team clung to Australia and remained in second place. The United States team relied on eight-time Olympic gold medalist Ledecky to overtake the Chinese team in the third bat, and finally won the runner-up. The Chinese team finished third and won another bronze medal.
On August 1, Chinese team players Yang Junxuan, Li Bingjie, Ge Chutong and Liu Yaxin (from left to right) at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Yu
Source: Xinhua News Agency, China News Network, People's Daily, etc